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What are you doing up at this time??

Eddie Mair | 09:56 UK time, Friday, 31 October 2008

Tomorrow's iPM will be on air at 05.45. We know there are hundreds of thousands of people listening at that time (as well as everyone who Listens Again or podcasts).

What I want to know is...what are our listeners up to at that time on a Saturday? Why are they up at all? Are they up late or early risers? Is it the body clock or is there a special reason to rise at that time on a Saturday.

If you are a "live" listener on Saturday morning, please click on comment to tell us.

And you'll find more information about Britain's early risers here.

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  • 1. At 10:42am on 31 Oct 2008, U13643995 wrote:

    Well, I listened to iPM last Saturday morning but I did it from my bed. Saturday is the day for a lie-in and I rarely make it out of bed before 8.30 -9.00

    The article doesn't seem to distinguish between the time that people wake up and the time they get up. They are usually quite different in my case.

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  • 2. At 11:09am on 31 Oct 2008, Fearless Fred wrote:

    I'm awake then,but only because I never remember to turn off the alarm clock from weekday settin gs! Still, after all this time of early rising, I'd probably still wake up in time for iPM. It usually takes about 4 or 5 days of a holiday before I start waking up later than 6am...

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  • 3. At 12:11pm on 31 Oct 2008, witchiwoman wrote:

    Listening to the tawny owls on their way home and trying to spot one!

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  • 4. At 12:30pm on 31 Oct 2008, jonnie wrote:

    Interesting but I dare say the hundreds of thousands listening Through the night to the World service would be better served by repeating some choice material from earlier in the day?


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  • 5. At 1:01pm on 31 Oct 2008, icemalcolm wrote:

    I get up at 05:45 every Monday to Friday mornings to go to work. So naturally, I wake up at this time on Saturday mornings. So I switch the radio on at a low volume close my eyes and listen to your program – within minutes I have fallen asleep – works every time – thanks!

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  • 6. At 1:04pm on 31 Oct 2008, IheartPM wrote:

    We have 2 very small children who are up early every morning. 5.45 is a lie in for us!

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  • 7. At 1:30pm on 31 Oct 2008, AusEng wrote:

    My 18 year old cat is no respecter of Saturdays, or Sundays for that matter.

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  • 8. At 1:31pm on 31 Oct 2008, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

    I'm generally coming out of a doze which will have started half-an-hour earlier when the clock-radio switches on.

    I tend to wake up properly when a sentence catches my attention, though I've generally missed enough of the item that I have no context for the interesting bit...

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  • 9. At 3:45pm on 31 Oct 2008, patmartin wrote:

    My milkman (yes they still exist) collects his money on Saturday mornings so I have to get up to pay him if I want him to keep delivering. Milk tastes so much better out of a glass bottle than out of the plastic supermarket thingy. I have to admit I usually pay him about once every three weeks when I can drag myself out of bed.

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  • 10. At 4:05pm on 31 Oct 2008, big4fan wrote:

    What am I doing? Preparing to walk my dogs who, is spite of years of trying on my part, consistently fail to understand "Go back to sleep, it's Saturday"

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  • 11. At 4:53pm on 31 Oct 2008, alphaJonRob wrote:

    From being a small boy to now a "senior citizen", I can't sleep when an exciting day beckons - so I get up early. Two such days in a row have just arrived - tomorrow and Sunday afternoons. F1 in Brazil. Lewis Hamiliton has always had my total support, all the more fervent in view of the spiteful internet comments. I want him to shut them all up on the track.

    But this is an exceptional weekend...

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  • 12. At 5:50pm on 31 Oct 2008, TodayLass wrote:

    I`m so used to getting up early on week days .
    I can`t sleep in--I`m a "lark".
    So what better way to keep me going than to put Radio 4 on.

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  • 13. At 6:05pm on 31 Oct 2008, Colin McAuley wrote:

    It's simple; I live in Ontario,Canada. As we are part of the North American change in D.S.T., we are only now 4 hours "behind" the UK. As of Sunday, it will go back to 5. Anyway, no matter where I am, I can always "listen again", eh?

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  • 14. At 01:36am on 01 Nov 2008, nearlynewgrandma wrote:

    Well... I just wake up, turn on the radio and you are all there. Also I love watching the return of the light as it seeps into the night sky. It's about this time at the moment. Keep chirping away Robin RB

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  • 15. At 02:23am on 01 Nov 2008, jayrat wrote:

    I enjoy the radio and Eddy's humour. I have been up for over 2 hours, eaten breakfast, done the shopping, put a bet on the Derby - but I am in Margaret River, Western Australia.

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  • 16. At 05:46am on 01 Nov 2008, SillyCollie wrote:

    I'm always up early because I have loads to do. Today I need to write a set of Year 9 reports - back to school on Monday - go out riding, clean out the chicken house and get ready for friends coming for dinner tonight. I usually do a couple of hours school work in the mornings because I get more done then rather than struggling to stay awake in the evenings: I am usually asleep by about 9.15 whatever time I get up in the morning.

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  • 17. At 06:48am on 01 Nov 2008, eddiemair wrote:

    More people in exotic places! Please see the most recent thread on this...as I have a favour to ask of people listening abroad... http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ipm/2008/11/good_morning_what_on_earth_are.shtml

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  • 18. At 07:00am on 01 Nov 2008, jimwright_98 wrote:

    Got called by work at 4.30. you people just getting up at 5.45 dont even know you're born!

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  • 19. At 2:14pm on 01 Nov 2008, cozeetill1 wrote:

    Now I finally know when you're broadcast! I use "Listen Again" and notice occasional new editions.

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  • 20. At 6:16pm on 01 Nov 2008, susiebenn wrote:

    in France, already dealing with the change of hours with British summertime. So 5.45 in angleterre, 6.45 here with us in Charente. So putting dog out, watching the sun rise.

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  • 21. At 09:28am on 02 Nov 2008, annieguy2 wrote:

    We were snuggled up under the duvet listening live 'cos the radio still comes on at 5.30am even though it's Saturday but we don't have to get up if we don't want to!

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